Omegle is a free website that allows its users to communicate with strangers through a chat interface. Omegle users are randomly paired in one-on-one chats, where they can talk anonymously. The platform was created in 2009 by Leif K-Brooks, an american 18-year old from Vermont. Since launching, the website has powered more than 200 billion conversations and has incorporated new features such as video chat.
Alternatives to Omegle
Chatous
Company: Chatous, Inc. | Founder: Parth Bhakta, Kevin Guo, Dmitriy Karpman | CEO: Kevin Guo | Since: 2012
Chatous is a mobile app that enables you to meet new people, interact with random Chatous users as well as share images, audio and video files. Chatous’ technology optimizes interactions with other Chatous users using big data algorithms, in order…
Stickam
Company: Stickam Worldwide, Inc. | Founder: Hideki Kishioka | CEO: Steven Fruchter | Since: 2006
Stickam was a platform that offered live video streaming services to its users. The site launched in 2005, initially offering user-generated audio, images and live video chat. The site later grew to feature live shows from producers such as MTV…
Chatroulette
Company: NA | Founder: Andrey Ternovskiy | CEO: Andrey Ternovskiy | Since: 2009
Chatroulette is a website that connects you at random with other people for a video or text chat. It was launched in 2009 by Andrey Ternovskiy, then a teenager in Moscow, and quickly became famous worldwide for its "next" button…
Tinychat
Company: Tinychat Co. | Founder: Cole Turner, Daniel Blake Saltman, Martin Redmond | Since: 2009
Tinychat is a platform that provides its users with video chat rooms for free. Through its platform, users can share music, videos, and more. Tinychat’s interface is tremendously easy to use and is entirely web-based. The company was launched in…
Chatrandom
Company: Bridgestone International Group, Inc. | Since: 2011
Chatrandom is a free online chat platform that enables users to communicate and interact through text or video. The platform randomly pairs users and offers features such as girls chat, gay chat, multichat and chat rooms. The site was launched…
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